John Deere 131 Front Mower Conversion.

[justy 46]

Made this JD 131 front mower. My first implement conversion. I used a TIM TOYS DEUTZ front mower as my base..

[mr softie]

very good keep the excellent work coming

[justy 46]

Pic 2. For the top of the mower i used spare bits from old Airfix & Revell model planes & stuff cut &  trimed to shape for the hydraulic lift arms,pto , canopy 3pt linkage, etc.

[justy 46]

Im using a Siku JD 7530 to take this front mower along with the Britains JD 535 rear mower. I had to modify the front linkage on the tractor. I used a front linkage from my IMBER FORD 5640  trimed to fit & painted  both linkage & Mower using JD paint from the spray can.

[justy 46]

Fits well. Even tough i used JD branded paint. The colour is still a bit off. Must be the Siku paint on the tractor.

[justy 46]

More pics. With the rear mower & harvester.

[justy 46]

More pictures. I was going to use the JD 6920 in the backround instead of the 7530. But the 6920 can stay carting the silage. Bit more power needed id say .

[Farmermilkin82.050]

It looks brilliant Justin, keep up the good work 

[justy 46]

Pic from the front.Pto shaft added in.

[aaron moore]

Loving it youll cut some grass with that beast

[justy 46]

So now ive 2 mower combs on the go. Keep both JD & NH /Kuhn fans happy. Who needs a BIG M! Will the rake keep up the pace tough? Need a bigger rake now i think!

[justy 46]

It looks brilliant Justin, keep up the good work 

Cheers lad. Thanks.

[justy 46]

Loving it youll cut some grass with that beast

Thanks lad. Wont be carpet farming tough.Bit too old for that crack. Its into the display cabinet with this yoke. Cheers man thanks.

[justy 46]

very good keep the excellent work coming

Thank you Brian. Its only now i realised your the guy with the very impressive collection on July/August issue of Model Farmer mag. If i could build my JD 545 mower like your 1365 ,it would finsh this off nicely . Enjoyed reading about your collection. Keep up the good work with your JD conversions.

[mr softie]

Thank you Brian. Its only now i realised your the guy with the very impressive collection on July/August issue of Model Farmer mag. If i could build my JD 545 mower like your 1365 ,it would finsh this off nicely . Enjoyed reading about your collection. Keep up the good work with your JD conversions.

hi justin i wish i could build models like yourself i only tackle the easy jobs at the moment and the 1365 is a bor model who is on the forum here , the best scratchbuilder that i met by chance and is now a very good friend , i have more deere`s coming over the winter

keep your collection growing

brian

[justy 46]

hi justin i wish i could build models like yourself i only tackle the easy jobs at the moment and the 1365 is a bor model who is on the forum here , the best scratchbuilder that i met by chance and is now a very good friend , i have more deere`s coming over the winter

keep your collection growing

brian

Look forward to seeing them. Im only wishing & hopping Britains or UH will do an 80's era JD 2140,3050 or 3650 in 1/32 sometime in the future.  Would love one. At the moment im only tidying up a few old Britains tractors with the help of parts from Dave Towse. Cheeres. 

[mr softie]

Look forward to seeing them. Im only wishing & hopping Britains or UH will do an 80's era JD 2140,3050 or 3650 in 1/32 sometime in the future.  Would love one. At the moment im only tidying up a few old Britains tractors with the help of parts from Dave Towse. Cheeres.

i agree would love to see a high detail 40/50 series made in my view by wiking but ertl would be the most likelry as they have the casting for the original sg2 deere and the stock 66 deere oh and the biggy a licence to produce john deere models so can only keep the fingers crossed

[justy 46]

i agree would love to see a high detail 40/50 series made in my view by wiking but ertl would be the most likelry as they have the casting for the original sg2 deere and the stock 66 deere oh and the biggy a licence to produce john deere models so can only keep the fingers crossed

Yeah Ertl are producing some fine 80''s era JDs alright,but in the wrong scale for me unfortunetly1/16. Like yourself id love to see more 1/32s from them. Cause to buy a conversion can be hard on the pocket.

[MuirHillyBilly]

Yeah why are the custom John Deere models so dear (excuse the pun) The ones I have seen don't really appear that much more detailed and those PDC ones seem pretty expensive, though having not seen one up close I could be mistaken??

I got me a plow city JD monster recently which for an Ertl is very high detail and of course 1:32 scale 

[Light Land]

PDC will see you right mate,top bloke he is.

[mickelcarroll]

I have one of those tim mowers myself and want to do something with it. Was it a hard conversion?

[justy 46]

I have one of those tim mowers myself and want to do something with it. Was it a hard conversion?

It was tricky. Most of the added parts like the lift arms on the mower etc were cut from old airfix kits that i had leftover bits on & trimed to shape.

[Luke (DeWitt)]

Fantastic work, it looks hungry for some hay.

[justy 46]

Fantastic work, it looks hungry for some hay.

Well its more silage for this thing. . The weather over here aint the best for hay. You may only have a window of 2 weeks in the whole year to make hay in Ireland. Cheers bud .